Tag: Upward Pricing Pressure
Upward Pricing Pressure from Digital Platforms’ Imposition of Take Rates on...
The vertical relationship between digital platforms and the app developers that ply their wares on such marketplaces (e.g. App Store, Play Store, Oculus Store)...
The Guideline: Assessing Efficiencies Gains in Merger Rulings
Jun 10, 2014
The Guideline: Assessing Efficiencies Gains in Merger Rulings - Marc Ivaldi & Aleksandra Khimich (Toulouse School of Economics)
It has long been recognized...
Use and Misuse of Empirical Methods in the Economics of Antitrust,...
Dennis Carlton, Mar 14, 2011
The application of economics to issues involving competition policy has always required a mixture of economic theory and empirical analysis....
Price Theory and Merger Guidelines, II
Sonia Jaffe, Glen Weyl, Mar 14, 2011
The innovations of the new U.K. and U.S. merger guidelines released last year have excited many economists. On...
Will the 2010 Merger Guidelines Survive the DOJ’s Complaint in U.S....
Geoffrey Manne, Joshua Wright, Oct 31, 2011
AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile presents an opportunity for judicial scrutiny of the newest iteration of the Department...
Practical Considerations for UPP Analysis
Malcolm Coate, Jun 22, 2011
A recent edition of the CPI Antitrust Chronicle provided a range of perspectives on the applicability of the Upward Pricing...
New Tools for Competitive Effects: Do We Really Know What Works...
Mar 15, 2011
Competition agencies around the world are charged with the task of identifying and challenging mergers and acquisitions that are likely to substantially...
Price Theory and Merger Guidelines
Sonia Jaffe, Glen Weyl, Mar 14, 2011
The innovations of the new U.K. and U.S. merger guidelines released last year have excited many economists. On...
Use and Misuse of Empirical Methods in the Economics of Antitrust
Dennis Carlton, Mar 14, 2011
The application of economics to issues involving competition policy has always required a mixture of economic theory and empirical analysis....
The 2010 Merger Guidelines: Do We Need Them? Are They All...
Gregory Leonard, Oct 28, 2010
The release of the 2010 Merger Guidelines was largely an anticlimax. Unlike the 1982 and 1992 Merger Guidelines, the 2010...